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Exploring New England

New England packs extremes into a small area – from mountain
wilderness to beaches that reach the horizon, from picturesque
villages to pulsing cities. Start with two days on foot seeing the
historic sights of Boston, then pack the car and head out to
explore the rest of New England over the next seven days.
Harvard Museum Boston afternoon, spend some time
of Natural History
Harvard Old North exploring the historic village
Square Church of Stockbridge (see p33) in
New the Berkshires (see pp32–3) Bar Bar
T LINE
Faneuil England and visit the hip town of Harbor
Harbor
BUS
Mount
Hall Aquarium Mount
Desert Desert
River Great Barrington (see p33). Island Acadia
Island Acadia
Charles Downtown Crossing For the evening, buy Kancamagus National
National
Kancamagus
Metro Station Old South advance tickets for the Lincoln Highwayway ParkPark
Lincoln
High
Meeting
BUS
House Boston Symphony MAINEMAINE
VERMONT
0 km 1 (summer only) at VERMONT Lakes Lakes
Museum of GreenGreen Region
Region
Fine Arts 0 miles 1 Tanglewood Music MountainsMountains
Center (see p33). Beach Beach Portland
Portland
Weirs Weirs
MountMount
Two Days in Boston Day 2 EquinoxEquinox Lake Lake
Winnipesaukee
Winnipesaukee
SkylineSkyline
In the Green DriveDrive
Day 1 Mountains (pp 26–7), ManchesterManchester NE WNE W
MORNING visit Manchester’s HildeneHildene HAMPSHIREHAMPSHIRE
Take a free Boston Park Ranger (see p27) outlet
walking tour of the first half of the stores and enjoy
Freedom Trail (see p13), from Faneuil the breathtaking
Hall to the Old South Meeting House. views from the
AFTERNOON Mount Equinox TanglewoodTanglewood MASSA CHUSE T T SMASSA CHUSE T T S
Join the other free ranger-led Skyline Drive Music CenterMusic Center see Boston map,see Boston map,
Freedom Trail tour from Faneuil (see p27). Tour StockbridgeStockbridge left left
Hall to the Old North Church. Hildene (see GreatGreat Provincetownown
Provincet
p26), then drive BarringtonBarrington
Cape Cod
Day 2 to the stunning Nickerson Cape Cod
Nickerson
National Seashore
National Seashore
State Park
CONNECTICUT
MORNING Lakes Region CONNECTICUT State Park
Start your day with Impressionism (see pp30–31) in KentKent RHODE
RHODE
and more at Boston’s Museum of New Hampshire. FallsFalls LakeLake ISLAND AND Falmouth
ISL
Falmouth
Fine Arts (see p40). WaramaugWaramaug
Newport
AFTERNOON Day 3 0 kilometers0 kilometers 50 50 Newport
Peruse the bookstores of Harvard At the resort
Square (see p69), then see the of Weirs Beach 0 miles0 miles 50 50
Harvard Museum of Natural History (see p30), explore Lake
(see p43). At the waterfront, visit the Winnipesaukee (see p30) on board
New England Aquarium (see p63). the M/S Mount Washington (see p30).
Then drive north to Lincoln to follow
Seven Days in the Kancamagus Highway (see p20)
east, stopping for a hike to one of
New England the many waterfalls. Con tinue east
to Portland (see pp28–9).
Day 1
Tour scenic Lake Waramaug (see p24) Day 4
in the Litchfield Hills (see pp24–5), Take a stroll around Portland’s Old
and climb the trail to the top of Port District (see p28) and enjoy a
Kent Falls (see p24). Later in the seafood lunch. Afterwards, drive to
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